Germany commits €114m to boost Pak economy
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Germany on Wednesday successfully concluded the bilateral negotiations on development cooperation in Islamabad, as Germany announced a…
PIA flight diverted to Karachi after bird strike mid-air
PIA Airbus at Dubai airport. Photo: PIA website Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Flight PK-859, travelling from Lahore to Jeddah, was…
Philippines reels after typhoon Kalmaegi's fury
. Philippines workers. Photo: AFP CEBU: Residents of the central Philippines on Wednesday began scraping mud from streets and homes…
Woman’s marital status does not affect job right
Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah. PHOTO: LHC ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court, setting aside a K-P service tribunal order, has ruled…
Land record freeze costs govt millions
MAILSI: Land transfer operations have been at a standstill across dozens of villages in Tehsil Mailsi for several months, plunging…
Wildfires, heat threaten northern hemisphere forests
Forest fire. Photo: Reuters GENEVA: Record wildfires and rising temperatures are threatening decades of forest growth in the northern hemisphere,…
K-P opposes NFC rollback
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday opposed any move to reduce provincial shares in federal taxes through an amendment in the Constitution, urging…
Flights snarl as PIA, engineers clash
A man enters the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) office in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 12, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS LAHORE: The dispute…
Japan deploys troops after record bear attacks
. A trapped brown bear in Sunagawa, Hokkaido prefecture. Authorities in Akita prefecture meanwhile say bear sightings have jumped six-fold…
Europe locks down poultry as bird flu spreads
. Bird flu. Photo: AFP PARIS: A surge in deadly bird flu cases across Europe has forced more countries to…